Nova
01-20-07, 01:40 PM
The room was eerily quiet, the usual beeps and hums could be heard but other than that, no sound could be heard. Malachi wished that the other scientists were there and able to help him out. Being the youngest and with the least seniority made these visits rare but this one really had the young man rather shaken, as if he knew that he wasn’t supposed to be there.
The only company in the room with any warmth was Nova, in stasis as usual and once Malachi saw her kept his eyes averted as he was not comfortable seeing a girl, or girl-like, with no clothing. It was silly, since he really didn’t have a thing for girls with cat ears and a cattail but the other parts were girlish enough for him to care.
“Aesop, why’d you ask me here?” Mal said hoping the computer was just playing a game and hiding, to risk his career for nothing would really upset the young scientist, and here it might get him killed.
“I’m glad you came. I need your help and you’re the only one I can trust.” Aesop chimed in with a rather paranoid choice of words.
“What’s going on here?” Malachi yelled, upset with the urgent vocabulary of the machine. “Why, am I the only one you can trust?”
“Because… Aaron has ordered me to be reprogrammed and Nova to be disposed of. I need you to save Nova. I’m almost done with a few upgrades that will help her survive without me.”
“Wait, you want me to save her? I’m hardly a scientist, they still treat me like a student, I can’t save her.”
“Please…” Aesop pleaded as his system started to turn off, the beeping and lights started to dim while a final groan came from the chamber that locked up the cat girl.
The only company in the room with any warmth was Nova, in stasis as usual and once Malachi saw her kept his eyes averted as he was not comfortable seeing a girl, or girl-like, with no clothing. It was silly, since he really didn’t have a thing for girls with cat ears and a cattail but the other parts were girlish enough for him to care.
“Aesop, why’d you ask me here?” Mal said hoping the computer was just playing a game and hiding, to risk his career for nothing would really upset the young scientist, and here it might get him killed.
“I’m glad you came. I need your help and you’re the only one I can trust.” Aesop chimed in with a rather paranoid choice of words.
“What’s going on here?” Malachi yelled, upset with the urgent vocabulary of the machine. “Why, am I the only one you can trust?”
“Because… Aaron has ordered me to be reprogrammed and Nova to be disposed of. I need you to save Nova. I’m almost done with a few upgrades that will help her survive without me.”
“Wait, you want me to save her? I’m hardly a scientist, they still treat me like a student, I can’t save her.”
“Please…” Aesop pleaded as his system started to turn off, the beeping and lights started to dim while a final groan came from the chamber that locked up the cat girl.